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Madden roster updates to come out weekly or bi-weekly
Jonathan Crankshaw, the man in charge of the rosters and ratings for all the EA Sports Tiburon studio titles including Madden 08, just took part in an interview over at MaddenPlanet.com. In it he touches on some of the procedures behind the process of coming up with the numbers that everyone loves to scrutinize. The biggest mention that may interest those looking forward to 08's release was his response to the question of why there are only a handful of updates per season. A lot o...
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NBA Street: Homecourt downloadable content only on the 360
While the debate over the positives and negatives of downloadable content in general continues, its clear that companies are still seeing it as a profitable venture that ultimately satisfies the majority. NBA Street: Homecourt appears to be the latest example of a title taking full advantage of the opportunity to offer additional items following the release of the game. Currently only the themes and picture packs are available, however there are plans for much more. The official site...
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Ask Padre #1: Online Co-Op
Lately we've seen online co-op become more prevalent in games, Crackdown being possibly the most publicized and utilized. Virtua Tennis 3 was just released on the 360 and it included co-op matches in doubles play. Despite that addition to the sports lineup, it seems that thus far this is something that hasn't been given the level of attention or consideration that many people have hoped for. That may actually be the case with online play in general. In my discussions with EA Sports rep...
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Hot Topic: 3/31/07
In what will become a regular column here, we'll take a look the hot topic around the sports gaming message boards for the previous or current day. Yesterday, the hot topic was in reference to the release of May's cover of Game Informer magazine. As tough as it may be, lets go ahead and ignore the giant feature on Grand Theft Auto IV. At the top of the cover is Madden Beware: An Exclusive Look at 2K Sports' Gridiron Return. Originally, this exclusive reveal was supposed to take place in th...
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Introducing ‘Ask Padre’
I'm going to be starting a regular feature called (creatively enough) Ask Padre. If you have a topic that you would like me to touch on, go to the Contact Padre page and send me a message. I'll try to get to as many as I can, with priority going to the best suggestions/questions or the ones that I can offer the most insight or opinion on at the time. I plan posting at least one Ask Padre column a day....
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How to improve Superstar mode in Madden
I love the idea of the mode but certain aspects have made it tough for me to enjoy. So to make SS mode better next year: Offer (at least) the option to play it with the default normal game camera while still being locked into your player.The position specific cameras are horrible, almost makes it unplayable for me overall and actually does make it unplayable for certain positions such as CB and only a few are even tolerable. The frustration with the cameras was overwhelming, and it forc...
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Top excuses for a Madden loss
Many hardcore Madden players are legends in their own minds. They have never really lost a game. They may not have won certain games, but if things happened like they should've they would certainly have. Here are the top reasons I've seen that people justify their losses with. 8 ) "That team sucks, I'm never playing with them again" Pick a lowly team against one that is better and you set yourself up to be a hero if you win, but you take the risk out of losing because you can always pul...
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How does a game this bad get released?
Reading some of the comments on different forums regarding the Nintendo DS version of MLB 2K7, its hard to imagine that a game could be as bad as people have made it out to be. Generally things get exaggerated on message boards, especially from those who are upset or disappointed. Well in this case it seems all the complaining is justified. Per the Gamespot review (which received a 2.5/10): The Bad: You're limited in what you can do, and the controls are unresponsive; no season mode or trade...
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